The Electrical Researches of the Honourable Henry Cavendish, R.F.S., Written Between 1771 and 1781 |
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... observations Exp . v , circles 9.3 and 18.5 Exp . v , 2nd arrangement Dec. 31 . Observations XV ARTICLES 466 • 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 Two wires , 36 x 1 , and 1 of 72 × · 185 , Exp . vi Jan. 3 , 1772. Observations 476 477 ...
... observations Exp . v , circles 9.3 and 18.5 Exp . v , 2nd arrangement Dec. 31 . Observations XV ARTICLES 466 • 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 Two wires , 36 x 1 , and 1 of 72 × · 185 , Exp . vi Jan. 3 , 1772. Observations 476 477 ...
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... observations * on the depression of mercury in glass tubes , and these have furnished the basis not only for the correction of the reading of barometers , & c . , but for the verification of the theory of capillary action by Young ...
... observations * on the depression of mercury in glass tubes , and these have furnished the basis not only for the correction of the reading of barometers , & c . , but for the verification of the theory of capillary action by Young ...
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... observations and getting accurate results with these somewhat clumsy instruments , we must confess that in these , the most vital organs of electric research , Cavendish showed less inventive genius than some of his contemporaries ...
... observations and getting accurate results with these somewhat clumsy instruments , we must confess that in these , the most vital organs of electric research , Cavendish showed less inventive genius than some of his contemporaries ...
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... Observations on the Torpedo , " by John Hunter , F.R.S. , in which the great anatomist describes the structure of the electric organs , in specimens of the fish furnished by Mr Walsh . Considerable interest seems to have been excited by ...
... Observations on the Torpedo , " by John Hunter , F.R.S. , in which the great anatomist describes the structure of the electric organs , in specimens of the fish furnished by Mr Walsh . Considerable interest seems to have been excited by ...
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... observation as it was made , with the particulars of the experiments , and measure- ments of the apparatus . 2nd . " Results , " containing a comparison of the different measures of quantities as recorded in the Journal , and a ...
... observation as it was made , with the particulars of the experiments , and measure- ments of the apparatus . 2nd . " Results , " containing a comparison of the different measures of quantities as recorded in the Journal , and a ...
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